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theoneandonly · February 02, 2009, 05:01:51 PM

thats good stuff. Holding any team to 22 points in a the 2half is a good feat.. and you did it to westmin.. Congrats coach.. just a couple more games.

jdoug2 · February 02, 2009, 05:10:11 PM

Fontbonne had a 20 point win over Eureka. The game should not have been that close. Way too many fouls called. Calli, Katy and Kendra had very solid games. Eureka simply has no one who can score the ball.

And I will be up again this Saturday for the game vs Maryville. Let's hope the Griffins 3's are falling.

sully309 · February 03, 2009, 01:30:22 PM

Easy there, jdoug. Eureka has 2 players (Crum and Byard) ranked in the top 10 in the conference in scoring. Byard had 36 and Crum had 30 in 2 games against the Griffins this year.

There were lots of fous called because there were lots of fouls committed. Fontbonne was aggressive with their press and Eureka shot mostly from inside. Both things normally result in an increase in fouls. Quite frankly, Fontbonne won easily BECAUSE they were so aggressive.

I know Eureka is in last place, but it's not like they've been losing every game by 20 points. In fact, the loss to Fontbonne was just Eureka's 2nd SLIAC loss by more than 15. Let's credit Fontbonne for playing a good game without taking shots at the opposition, shall we?

JAdaPrince · February 03, 2009, 02:21:03 PM

I must agree with Eureka_SID, they have two legit scorers and anytime you have two people that can put the ball in the basket - you have a punchers chance. Those two give there normal performance and one other player show up, they become a dangerous team.

jdoug2 · February 03, 2009, 05:48:17 PM

Please forgive me. I meant no offense to Eureka. In my opinion there were quite a few ticky tack fouls, but that's how it goes. And since I have only had the opportunity to see Eureka the one time, I didn't see a lot of offense. Really not trying to take any shots at Eureka. Sorry.

sully309 · February 04, 2009, 03:46:49 AM

Thanks, Jadaprince. You seem to have a pretty good read on our team this year. The Fontbonne game wasn't one of Eureka's better efforts, but I still thought Byard and Crum showed enough that most can see we have something to start from. Hopefully EC will have a better game against Webster.

GorlokFan · February 04, 2009, 09:09:45 AM

The parody continues in the SLIAC with Principia beating up on Fontbonne by 18 last night. Every night anyone can beat anyone.

Tonights games

Maryville over Westminster by 15 points. If Maryville plays like they have been the last couple of games it could be over 20.

Mac over Greenville by 10 points.

Eureka over Webster by 8 points. Webster just isn't playing well at all anymore. I think Eureka will lead the entire game. if the threes are falling for Webster it might be a game, but without a true point guard it will be hard for them to win.

hopefan · February 04, 2009, 09:50:56 AM

WOW - I'm already wrong on my comment that Fontbonne would be in second place alone after tonite - had not considered a loss to Prin....

furbug · February 04, 2009, 02:15:01 PM

The official appointment of Jordan Olufson, formerly interim coach, as the Lady Gorlok's new head coach will revitalize them.

Congratulations to Jordan!!!

Check out this link:

http://www.websterathletics.com/news/2009/2/3/WBB_OlufsonHired.aspx?path=wbball

Gibson17K · February 04, 2009, 04:55:30 PM

Maryville 71, Westminster 64
MacMurray 56, Greenville 50
Webster 66, Eureka 62

Coach Will · February 04, 2009, 07:47:46 PM

Congrats Jordan.....You will do a great job. Just take it easy on Blackburn...lol!

furbug · February 04, 2009, 08:32:09 PM

Quote from: coachdubb on February 04, 2009, 07:47:46 PM
Congrats Jordan.....You will do a great job. Just take it easy on Blackburn...lol!

Nice post, Coachdubb. Maybe your ladies need to take it easy on Webster also

You didn't do that earlier in the year.

Webster leading Eureka 55-36 with 5 minutes to go.

furbug · February 04, 2009, 09:48:02 PM

EurekaSID,

I assume that you are the one responsible for getting those frequent score postings on the SLIAC site while the games are in progress. Great job!!! 8)

hopefan · February 05, 2009, 08:30:46 AM

Maryville absolutely dominates Westmin - they could have won by 40+ Catcalls from Westmin fans at Maryville Coach Ellis (I kept quiet, but clearly saw their point) - Maryville up 30 in 2nd half (remember they have 19 players dressed - 2 clearly injured and not playing), uses first team for 5 mins. 2nd team for 5 mins - THEN (up 30), brings back the first team for 3 mins, and then, the 2nd team for 2 mins.... the last seven players didn't come in until 5 minutes left.... - I thought it a little much that the first group reentered and then the 2nd group reentered.... So did the Westmin fans.....

ON THE OTHER HAND - a shame that SLIAC teams won't have Maryville around next year to take out some revenge on - they currently play 8 seniors in their top 10 - the cupboard appears very bare for next year.... Unless Coach Ellis has a great recruiting this year, they will get absolutely CRUSHED by D2 competition next season....

SLIAC LEGEND · February 05, 2009, 10:45:08 AM

Well I think anyone would get crushed by D2 competition. The SLIAC gets crushed by D3 competition-it is the worst conference in America in D3. Hardly any teams with a winning record, don't win NCAA tourney games, and wins over top teams are few and far between. I honestly believe some HS teams in MO and IL would make the SLIAC Tournament.

The GLVC is one of the top 2 D2 conferences. Even SIUE struggled in it, and UMSL has yet to be competitive except for one season years ago. Maryville will have to recruit and will struggle for 3-4 years before being competitive, just like SIUE will struggle making the transition to D1. Maryville will also not have the full 10 scholarships for a few years, so that will hurt recruiting. They also do not have the recruiting grounds of a Indianapolis, N. Kentucky, etc., or the facilities.

I don't see any problem with putting your starters back in for a few minutes to work on some things. This is competitive bball, not the YMCA. If you can't beat them, then be quiet. I was at the game, and I didn't see anything about running up the score. Funny how when Maryville was terrible in the late 90s before Coach Ellis, no one complained about beating them by 30+ every night. Recruit better, get better coaching, and beat a team instead of complaining all the time. Look at Prin-they are usually at the bottom of the SLIAC and this year they are competing-I never hear them complaining.

I don't know if Webster made the right move. They have played better this year, but have lost a ton of close games, and crucial conference games-Mac?? Prin? He is at the right place at the right time. Only in the SLIAC can someone with a year of coaching experience get a head job (I don't count being an office GA as a year).

It should be an interesting finish to the season. We know who is the #1 seed, but how will the rest shake out. I see MU 1, WC 2, BC 3, FU 4

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